2006–07 Northern Premier League

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The 2006–07 Northern Premier League season was the 39th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. After this season, Division One was split into two leagues: the Northern Premier League Division One North and the Northern Premier League Division One South.

Premier Division

Football league season

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	2006–07
Champions	Burscough
Promoted	Burscough A.F.C. Telford United
Relegated	Grantham Town Mossley Radcliffe Borough
Matches played	465
Goals scored	1,332 (2.86 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The Premier Division featured five new clubs:

Fleetwood Town promoted as runner-up from NPL Division One
Grantham Town transferred from Southern League Premier Division
Hednesford Town, relegated from the Conference North
Kendal Town, promoted via play-offs from NPL Division One
Mossley, promoted as champions from NPL Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Burscough (C, P)	42	23	12	7	80	37	+43	80	Promotion to Conference North
2	Witton Albion	42	24	8	10	90	48	+42	80	Qualification for Play-offs
3	A.F.C. Telford United (P)	42	21	15	6	72	40	+32	78
4	Marine	42	22	8	12	70	53	+17	74
5	Matlock Town	42	21	9	12	70	43	+27	72
6	Guiseley	42	19	12	11	71	49	+22	69
7	Hednesford Town	42	18	14	10	49	41	+8	68
8	Fleetwood Town	42	19	10	13	71	60	+11	67
9	Gateshead	42	17	14	11	75	57	+18	65
10	Ossett Town	42	18	10	14	61	52	+9	64
11	Whitby Town	42	18	6	18	63	78	−15	60
12	Ilkeston Town	42	16	11	15	66	62	+4	59
13	North Ferriby United	42	15	9	18	54	61	−7	54
14	Prescot Cables	42	13	14	15	52	56	−4	53
15	Lincoln United	42	12	15	15	40	58	−18	51
16	Frickley Athletic	42	13	10	19	50	69	−19	49
17	Leek Town	42	13	9	20	49	61	−12	48
18	Ashton United	42	13	9	20	52	72	−20	48
19	Kendal Town	42	12	11	19	59	79	−20	47
20	Mossley (R)	42	10	5	27	48	79	−31	35	Relegation to NPL Division One North
21	Radcliffe Borough (R)	42	7	11	24	39	71	−32	32	Relegation to NPL Division One North
22	Grantham Town (R)	42	3	8	31	39	94	−55	17	Relegation to NPL Division One South

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2011. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Burscough deducted 1 point

Results

Home \ Away	TEL	ASH	BUR	FLE	FRK	GAT	GRN	GUI	HED	ILK	KEN	LEE	LIN	MAR	MAT	MOS	NFU	OST	PRC	RAD	WTB	WTN
A.F.C. Telford United		0–0	1–2	2–2	4–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1
Ashton United	0–5		2–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	3–4	1–1	3–3	1–4	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1
Burscough	0–0	3–2		4–1	5–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	8–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–0
Fleetwood Town	3–0	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–3	3–1	2–0
Frickley Athletic	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–3		1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–1
Gateshead	4–3	2–3	1–0	3–3	2–3		5–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–0
Grantham Town	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–6		0–1	1–2	0–4	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–5	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–3
Guiseley	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	3–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	5–0	1–3
Hednesford Town	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2		3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1
Ilkeston Town	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–2	2–0		2–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–0
Kendal Town	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–3	0–3		0–1	0–1	0–2	1–5	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–3	3–1	1–0	1–5
Leek Town	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1		0–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2
Lincoln United	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0
Marine	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–1		1–2	1–0	4–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2
Matlock Town	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		4–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	5–1	1–1
Mossley	3–4	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–3		1–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2
North Ferriby United	1–2	3–0	0–2	4–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–5	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1		0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–4
Ossett Town	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–4	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2		2–1	4–0	2–2	1–2
Prescot Cables	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–4	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–1		3–0	0–1	1–1
Radcliffe Borough	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	3–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1		2–4	0–2
Whitby Town	1–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	4–1	0–2	1–2	3–2		0–2
Witton Albion	0–1	5–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–4	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–3	3–4	6–0	5–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	7–2

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2007. Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The Premier Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the Conference North.

Semifinals			Final

2	Witton Albion	4

5	Matlock Town	2
			2	Witton Albion	1

			3	A.F.C. Telford United	3
3	A.F.C. Telford United	2

4	Marine	0

Locations

Witton Albion class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2006–07 Northern Premier League teams

Division One

Football league season

Northern Premier League Division One
Season	2006–07
Champions	Buxton
Promoted	Buxton Eastwood Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	555
Goals scored	1,732 (3.12 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 North 2007–08 South →

Division One featured seven new clubs:

Bradford Park Avenue, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
Wakefield, relegated from the NPL Premier Division
Cammell Laird promoted as champions from North West Counties League Division One
Skelmersdale United promoted as runners-up from North West Counties League Division One
Alsager Town promoted as third place from North West Counties League Division One
Buxton promoted as champions from Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Harrogate Railway Athletic promoted as third place from Northern Counties East League Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Buxton (C, P)	46	30	11	5	94	37	+57	101	Promotion to NPL Premier Division
2	Cammell Laird	46	28	10	8	105	56	+49	94	Qualification for Play-offs, then allocated to Division One South
3	Eastwood Town (P)	46	26	9	11	89	43	+46	87	Qualification for Play-offs, then promoted to the NPL Premier Division
4	Bradford Park Avenue	46	24	10	12	77	47	+30	82	Qualification for Play-offs, then allocated to Division One North
5	Colwyn Bay	46	22	11	13	74	65	+9	77	Qualification for Play-offs, then allocated to Division One South
6	Stocksbridge Park Steels	46	22	10	14	82	49	+33	76	Allocated to Division One South
7	Goole	46	21	9	16	80	84	−4	72
8	Kidsgrove Athletic	46	21	7	18	91	80	+11	70
9	Rossendale United	46	21	7	18	64	59	+5	70	Allocated to Division One North
10	Woodley Sports	46	19	11	16	89	71	+18	68
11	Ossett Albion	46	19	11	16	71	66	+5	68
12	Harrogate Railway Athletic	46	21	5	20	72	78	−6	68
13	Bamber Bridge	46	18	8	20	78	75	+3	62
14	Alsager Town	46	18	7	21	72	75	−3	61	Allocated to Division One South
15	Skelmersdale United	46	17	10	19	72	77	−5	61	Allocated to Division One North
16	Clitheroe	46	18	6	22	78	75	+3	60	Allocated to Division One North
17	Brigg Town	46	16	10	20	57	72	−15	58	Allocated to Division One South
18	Gresley Rovers	46	16	7	23	59	75	−16	55
19	Belper Town	46	17	4	25	58	86	−28	55
20	Shepshed Dynamo	46	15	7	24	62	96	−34	52
21	Wakefield	46	13	10	23	48	71	−23	49	Allocated to Division One North
22	Warrington Town	46	13	8	25	64	84	−20	47	Allocated to Division One South
23	Chorley	46	10	6	30	52	99	−47	36	Allocated to Division One North
24	Bridlington Town	46	3	14	29	33	101	−68	23	Allocated to Division One North

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2011. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Four teams played for one spot and promotion to the NPL Premier Division.

Results

Home \ Away	ALS	BAM	BLP	BPA	BRI	BRG	BUX	CAM	CHO	CLT	COL	EAS	GOO	GRE	HRA	KID	OSA	ROS	SPD	SKU	STO	WAK	WAR	WDL
Alsager Town		5–4	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	1–3	1–4	5–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–3	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Bamber Bridge	2–2		3–4	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–3	1–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	4–3	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	5–0	3–0	4–1	0–3	0–1	3–0	4–3
Belper Town	2–1	1–0		1–3	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–2	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	5–4	2–5	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–2
Bradford Park Avenue	4–1	1–0	4–0		2–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	7–3	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–3
Bridlington Town	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–1		1–1	0–5	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–5	2–2	0–3	1–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–9	1–1	1–2	2–1
Brigg Town	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0		2–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–5	4–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–2	1–1
Buxton	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	3–1		3–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0
Cammell Laird	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–3		4–1	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–3	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–2	2–2	3–1	4–0	5–1	0–0
Chorley	0–6	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–4	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–5	0–2	3–0	6–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–1
Clitheroe	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–4	3–0		1–3	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	5–1	1–0	0–2	5–0	0–1	0–5	1–1	5–1	3–1
Colwyn Bay	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1		1–2	5–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2
Eastwood Town	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	6–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1		2–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2
Goole	0–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–5	6–3	0–3	4–0	0–0		4–2	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1
Gresley	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–5	1–4		1–0	2–3	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–5
Harrogate Railway Athletic	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	4–3	0–3	6–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	0–1	3–1		2–3	0–2	3–2	3–2	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–4	1–0
Kidsgrove Athletic	4–3	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	1–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–0		4–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–2
Ossett Albion	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–1		2–2	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2
Rossendale United	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–5	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	3–2	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–5	2–2	2–1		0–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	4–2	2–0
Shepshed Dynamo	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–1		0–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–0
Skelmersdale United	6–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–3	0–1	1–2		1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1
Stocksbridge Park Steels	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	1–0	3–2	6–2	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–2
Wakefield	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	4–2	1–1		1–2	1–3
Warrington Town	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–4	4–0	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2		2–4
Woodley Sports	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	2–4	0–3	0–1	6–3	5–3	1–2	4–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2007. Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The First Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.

Semifinals			Final

2	Cammell Laird	3

5	Colwyn Bay	2
			2	Cammell Laird	1

			3	Eastwood Town	2
3	Eastwood Town	3

4	Bradford Park Avenue	0

Cup results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both divisions.

Fleetwood Town 1–0 Matlock Town

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Buxton 3–1 Wakefield

Chairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Guiseley 2–1 Cammell Laird

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Champions of NPL First Division.

Burscough 3–1 Fleetwood Town

External links

Unibond League Premier Division Table 2006-07 Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Unibond League Premier Division Results 2006–07 Archived 9 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Unibond League First Division Table 2006-07
Unibond League First Division play-off Results 2006–07

Northern Premier League

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Premier Division	Ashton United Bamber Bridge Basford United Blyth Spartans FC United of Manchester Gainsborough Trinity Guiseley Hebburn Town Hyde United Ilkeston Town Lancaster City Leek Town Macclesfield Matlock Town Mickleover Morpeth Town Prescot Cables Stockton Town Warrington Rylands 1906 Whitby Town Workington Worksop Town
Division One East	Ashington Belper Town Bishop Auckland Bradford (Park Avenue) Bridlington Town Brighouse Town Carlton Town Cleethorpes Town Consett Dunston UTS Emley Garforth Town Grimsby Borough Heaton Stannington Liversedge Newton Aycliffe North Ferriby Ossett United Pontefract Collieries Sheffield Sherwood Colliery Stocksbridge Park Steels
Division One Midlands	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Anstey Nomads Bedworth United Boldmere St Michaels Coleshill Town Corby Town Coventry Sphinx Darlaston Town (1874) Grantham Town Hinckley LRFC Long Eaton United Loughborough Students Lye Town Quorn Racing Club Warwick Rugby Town Shepshed Dynamo Sporting Khalsa Sutton Coldfield Town Walsall Wood Wellingborough Town Worcester City
Division One West	Atherton Collieries Avro Bootle Chasetown City of Liverpool Clitheroe Congleton Town Hanley Town Hednesford Town Kidsgrove Athletic Mossley Nantwich Town Newcastle Town Runcorn Linnets Stafford Rangers Stalybridge Celtic Trafford Vauxhall Motors Widnes Witton Albion Wythenshawe Wythenshawe Town

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Club seasons
FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wigan Athletic
Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Burnley Cardiff City Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Southend United Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Yeovil Town
League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
Non-League	York City

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